Here's what you need to know to navigate the 160+ beer-centric events

7:16 AM,
Feb. 7, 2014

Rhinegeist Brewery is one of the venues participating in Cincinnati Beer Week, which starts today.

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The third annual Cincinnati Beer Week runs from Feb. 6-13, and it's shaping up to be the event's biggest year yet, according to Lindsey Bonadonna-Roeper, Cincinnati Beer Week president and craft beer maven. (Yes, that's her incredibly fun title.)

More than 160 events, including classes, beer dinners, taproom takeovers, art exhibits and more, are planned at about 99 bars, shops and restaurants around town during the event's eight days.

That's up from about 75 participating venues last year, Bonadonna-Roeper said - quite a jump for what started as a grassroots community effort by a group of ...